Jewish emigration from Lithuania during the past year constituted 36 per cent. of the total emigration from the country, according to the figures which have just been made public here. Altogether about 7,000 Jews emigrated from Lithuania during the past two years. The average age of the Jewish emigrants was between 20 and 30.
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